This week my theme is the idea of taking away "blackness" to be accepted. This piece is by Indigo Williams who is a woman who educates by spoken word. This is my first time seeing this video although it was posted on September 15, 2013. This video was posted by "Ted Talks", which is a channel that posts educational and personal videos with occasional spoken word artist. This video in particular is about her personal experience with having darker skin. She speaks on the efforts she took towards trying to be lighter because a black woman with lighter skin told her she should be. This piece speaks on the idea of how black people see different shades of black as either attractive or unattractive. I can relate to this but not a level as extreme as she speaks of it on. She speaks about actually attempting to change her skin color, I've just experienced people talking about other people not being attractive because they're darker. I have also known people to attempt similar things to what she speaks of because of bullying and wanting to be accepted. I really like this poem because it speaks truth to how society really is. It has inspired me to continue to be comfortable with the way my skin is.
Saturday, October 3, 2015
My Piece on her Piece called "Dark Black"
This week my theme is the idea of taking away "blackness" to be accepted. This piece is by Indigo Williams who is a woman who educates by spoken word. This is my first time seeing this video although it was posted on September 15, 2013. This video was posted by "Ted Talks", which is a channel that posts educational and personal videos with occasional spoken word artist. This video in particular is about her personal experience with having darker skin. She speaks on the efforts she took towards trying to be lighter because a black woman with lighter skin told her she should be. This piece speaks on the idea of how black people see different shades of black as either attractive or unattractive. I can relate to this but not a level as extreme as she speaks of it on. She speaks about actually attempting to change her skin color, I've just experienced people talking about other people not being attractive because they're darker. I have also known people to attempt similar things to what she speaks of because of bullying and wanting to be accepted. I really like this poem because it speaks truth to how society really is. It has inspired me to continue to be comfortable with the way my skin is.
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“Set Fire to the flesh so others can complement the light of your being.” Wow, it is figure of speech like this that not only elevates the words that were spoken, but grabs on to the listeners emotions. I totally enjoyed this young lady. Thanks for sharing.
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